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Stephen T. Brophy is a living human male, and the author of "The Villain's Sidekick," "The Eternity Conundrum," and the forthcoming "Citizen Skin," which all tell tales of a rough-and-tumble supervillain's henchman who goes by the name of HandCannon, because of the great big gun attached to his right arm. He (Stephen, not HandCannon) resides in the principality of Los Angeles, California USA. He works in television production and makes his living answering the rhetorical question, "Reality TV has writers?" He loves his wife Danielle, his son Ash, his dogs Griff and Tex, science fiction, funnybooks, movies and sleep in more or less that order. Sleep might be higher on the list these days, but he doesn't want to piss anyone off by bumping them.

What are the critics saying about "The Villain's Sidekick"? “It’s like Stan Lee and Walker Percy had a lovechild.” Joel Hodgson, Mystery Science Theater 3000/Cinematic Titanic “With a lot of genuine emotion, and characters that you can't help getting invested in...Villain's Sidekick owes a huge debt to Donald Westlake or Elmore Leonard.” Charlie Jane Anders, io9.com "Fans of film noir and true crime whodunits will relish The Villain's Sidekick...it's pure entertainment…" Claire Palermo Razorcake "...a tightly wound adventure filled with great humor, hyper magniloquence, and preposterous characters. Compared to everything else in our tiny genre bubble, Brophy has written the perfect novel." Eric Searleman superheronovels.com “This is one of the very best books I’ve read this year, and I give it my highest recommendation.” Jonathon Brazee, Science-fiction-reviews.net “The real coup, plot-wise, for this novella is the way the story sneaks up and twists before the reader fully realizes it.” Jodi Scaife, fanboycomics.net “I found myself doing that thing that I do when I really like a book: Putting it down and drawing it out so I couldn't finish. Alas, I did. And I wanted more.” Kristin Stadum Candy Sandwich When professional henchman Duke "HandCannon" LaRue runs afoul of the city's protector, Nightguard, and his spritely sidekick Twiliter during a routine smash and grab job, everything he thinks he knows about villainy, heroism, and making a fast buck is about to get turned on his steel-plated head. The job goes south in a hurry, and his supervillainous employer, Dr. Eye, is none-too-thrilled about it. But those complications are nothing compared to an unexpected custody visit from his six-year-old daughter, the kind of kid who thinks her deadbeat dad hung the moon, not tried to blow it up.

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Category: Mystery, Thriller & Suspense; Science Fiction & Fantasy; Comics & Graphic Novels

Duke "HandCannon" LaRue is a bad guy, an angry nihilist who'll lease his prosthetic gun-arm to the highest bidder. Today it's Dr. Shocktagon, who's just one major player in a nefarious plan to rewrite reality and unleash an ancient nightmare on Earth. But when Duke gets life-changing news, he's got to decide if now is the right time for end of the world and everything in it. Of course, changing sides in the ultimate war between Good and Evil is never as easy as you think.

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Category: Science Fiction & Fantasy